remove json-simple dependency

fixes #2688

Author: Vladimir Kotal

pom.xml

@@ -128,11 +128,6 @@ Portions Copyright (c) 2018, Chris Fraire <[email protected]>.
                 <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
-                <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.1</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
                 <artifactId>ant</artifactId>